Name: Sphingomonas azotifigens Xie and Yokota 2006
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology: a.zo.ti.fi’gens. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; from French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; from Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); from Gr. fem. n. zôê, life; from N.Gr. fem. n. azôê, not sustaining life; L. pres. part. figens, fixing; from L. v. figo, to fix; N.L. fem. part. adj. azotifigens, nitrogen fixing
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sphin-GO-mo-nas a-zo-ti-FI-gens, feminine
Type strain: CCTCC AB 205007; CIP 109209; DSM 18530; IAM 15283; JCM 21734; NBRC 15497; Y39
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB033947
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Xie CH, Yokota A. Sphingomonas azotifigens sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from the roots of Oryza sativa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:889-893. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
| Name | Kind |
|---|---|
| Alteristakelama azotifigens (Xie and Yokota 2006) Wang et al. 2025 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
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Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990
Assigned by:
Xie CH, Yokota A. Sphingomonas azotifigens sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from the roots of Oryza sativa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:889-893. 🇯🇵
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